With the Olympics underway, more Covid cases continue to be reported at the Games and across Japan.
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Debunking claims shared widely on social media about cremations in the UK and US vaccine statistics.
Holding the world's biggest sporting event comes with a hefty price tag
What's the row about virus research in China between a prominent Republican and Dr Anthony Fauci?
With the Olympics underway, more Covid cases continue to be reported at the Games and across Japan.
Some Asian countries are now seeing rising coronavirus infections - is that down to the Delta variant?
We've looked at some examples of misleading images and videos, claiming to be from the current protests.
A renewed surge in fighting has made it ever more difficult for aid to reach areas in desperate need.
Debunking claims shared widely on social media about cremations in the UK and US vaccine statistics.
Holding the world's biggest sporting event comes with a hefty price tag
What's the row about virus research in China between a prominent Republican and Dr Anthony Fauci?
With the Olympics underway, more Covid cases continue to be reported at the Games and across Japan.
Some Asian countries are now seeing rising coronavirus infections - is that down to the Delta variant?
We've looked at some examples of misleading images and videos, claiming to be from the current protests.
Debunking claims shared widely on social media about cremations in the UK and US vaccine statistics.
Holding the world's biggest sporting event comes with a hefty price tag
What's the row about virus research in China between a prominent Republican and Dr Anthony Fauci?
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Earlier, Lord Sumption, a former Supreme Court judge, argued on the BBC’s Today programme that “the virus has not killed over 100,000 people”.
This claim – which is incorrect – is based on his belief that “a very large number of people have died with Covid but not necessarily of Covid”.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) divides Covid deaths into those that were due to Covid and those that involved Covid (but not caused by it).
The ONS says that, up to the start of July 2021, more than 120,000 people in England and Wales had died due to Covid.
Lord Sumption was challenged that these people probably wouldn’t have died were it not for them getting Covid.
He said “at the age which they have reached, they would probably have died within a year”.
But the ONS says that, before the pandemic, an 80-year-old woman could expect to live another 10 years (nine for men).
Even an 80-year-old, obese, diabetic man would have been expected to live another three to five years.
Nearly half of Covid deaths have been among people younger than 80. They could expect to live even longer.
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